{{short description|Fourth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox tennis tournament year|2021|Laver Cup |date=24–26 September 2021 |edition=4th |surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard indoor]] |location=[[Boston]], [[United States]] |venue=[[TD Garden]] |champ=<big>'''Team Europe''' <br> [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] &nbsp;'''14 – 1'''&nbsp; [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]]</big> |before_year=2019 }}

The '''2021 Laver Cup''' was the fourth edition of the [[Laver Cup]], a men's [[tennis]] tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the [[TD Garden]] in [[Boston]], United States from 24 until 26 September.

It was originally scheduled for September 2020, but was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] to avoid overlapping with the [[2020 French Open]], which was rescheduled for 20 September to 4 October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2020/04/17/laver-cup-boston-2020-moved-to-2021|title=Laver Cup Boston 2020 moved to 2021|website=Laver Cup|date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

[[Team Europe]] captain [[Björn Borg]] and Team World captain [[John McEnroe]] reprised their roles from [[2019 Laver Cup|2019]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/2020-laver-cup-to-be-held-in-boston|title=2020 Laver Cup To Be Held In Boston|website=ATP Tour|date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

Team Europe won the title for a fourth consecutive edition.

==Player selection== [[Roger Federer]] was originally the first player to confirm his participation for Team Europe on 28 February 2020,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/84617/roger-federer-to-headline-the-fourth-laver-cup-in-boston-in-september/|title=Roger Federer to headline the fourth Laver Cup in Boston in September|website=Tennis World|date=28 February 2020}}</ref> but withdrew on 15 August 2021 due to a right knee injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/12382678/roger-federer-sidelined-for-many-months-due-to-further-knee-surgery|title=Roger Federer sidelined for 'many months' due to further knee surgery|publisher=Sky Sports|date=16 August 2021}}</ref> However, he still attended the tournament to great fanfare.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/videos/Roger_Federer/102897/roger-federer-got-a-standing-ovation-at-the-laver-cup-2021/|title=Roger Federer got a standing ovation at the Laver Cup 2021|website=Tennis World|date=25 September 2021}}</ref> [[Rafael Nadal]] also opted out due to a foot injury and [[Novak Djokovic]] opted out due to [[2021 Novak Djokovic tennis season|his busy schedule]], having played the [[Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Olympics]] and [[2021 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://firstsportz.com/tennis-how-will-the-absence-of-roger-federer-rafael-nadal-and-novak-djokovic-affect-the-2021-laver-cup-in-boston/|title=How will the absence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic affect the 2021 Laver Cup in Boston?|website=First Sportz|date=22 August 2021}}</ref>

[[Dominic Thiem]] announced his participation on 24 November 2020,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-laver-cup-announcement-november-2020|title=Thiem To Compete In 2021 Laver Cup|website=ATP Tour|date=24 November 2020}}</ref> but withdrew on 18 August 2021 due to a wrist injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-to-miss-remainder-of-2021-season|title=Thiem To Miss Remainder Of 2021 Season|website=ATP Tour|date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

On 16 July 2021, [[Matteo Berrettini]] announced he was joining Team Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2021/07/16/berrettini-to-represent-team-europe-at-laver-cup-2021|title=Berrettini to represent Team Europe at Laver Cup 2021|website=Laver Cup|date=16 July 2021}}</ref> Five days later, [[Denis Shapovalov]], [[Félix Auger-Aliassime]] and [[Diego Schwartzman]] were the first players confirmed for Team World.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2021/07/21/denis-shapovalov-felix-auger-aliassime-and-diego-schwartzman-line-up-for-team-world-at-laver-cup-boston|title=Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Diego Schwartzman line up for Team World at Laver Cup Boston|website=Laver Cup|date=21 July 2021}}</ref>

On 13 August 2021, organizers announced that Olympic champion [[Alexander Zverev]] would join Team Europe. The next day, [[Daniil Medvedev]] was also announced. Team Europe then announced its final line-up on 18 August 2021 with [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], [[Andrey Rublev]] and [[Casper Ruud]] also taking part.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2021/08/18/team-europe-is-set-to-defend-the-title|title=Team Europe is set to defend the title|website=Laver Cup|date=18 August 2021}}</ref> Team World captain [[John McEnroe]] chose [[Reilly Opelka]], [[John Isner]] and [[Nick Kyrgios]] as his final picks the following day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2021/08/19/opelka-isner-and-kyrgios-complete-team-world-line-up-for-laver-cup-2021|title=Opelka, Isner and Kyrgios complete Team World line up for Laver Cup 2021|date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

== Prize money == The total prize money for the 2021 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John Crim |title=Laver Cup Prize Money {{!}} 2022 Breakdown & Historicals |url=https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192249/https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=TennisCompanion |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nathan Evans |title=Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn? |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192725/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=www.sportingnews.com |date=21 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Each winning team member earned $250,000 compared to $125,000 each for the losing team.

==Participants== {| |- valign=top | {| class="wikitable nowrap" !colspan=2|[[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] Team Europe |- |colspan=2|'''Captain:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Borg]] |- |colspan=2|'''Vice-captain:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Enqvist]] |- !width=180|Player !Rank |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]] |align=center|2 |- |{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] |align=center|3 |- |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] |align=center|4 |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Rublev]] |align=center|5 |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Berrettini]] |align=center|7 |- |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Casper Ruud]] |align=center|10 |-style="background:#eaf3ff" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Feliciano López]] |align=center|110 |-style="background:#eaf3ff" |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Cameron Norrie]] |align=center|28 |} {{col-break|gap=2em}} | {| class="wikitable nowrap" !colspan=2|[[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]] Team World |- |colspan=2|'''Captain:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] |- |colspan=2|'''Vice-captain:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick McEnroe]] |- !width=180|Player !Rank |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Félix Auger-Aliassime]] |align=center|11 |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Denis Shapovalov]] |align=center|12 |- |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Schwartzman]] |align=center|15 |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]] |align=center|19 |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |align=center|22 |- |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]] |align=center|95 |-style="background:#eaf3ff" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] |align=center|164 |-style="background:#eaf3ff" |{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Lloyd Harris (tennis)|Lloyd Harris]] |align=center|31 |} |} *{{small|Singles rankings as of 20 September 2021}}

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==Matches== Each match win on day 1 was worth one point, on day 2 two points and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points won.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/how-it-works|title=How Laver Cup Works|website=Laver Cup|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center" ! Day ! width=60| Date ! width=60| Match <br/> type ! width=250| [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] Team Europe ! width=250| [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]] Team World ! Score ! Team points <br/ >after match |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 1 | rowspan=4| 24 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|NOR}} '''Casper Ruud''' | {{flagicon|USA}} Reilly Opelka | align=left|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup> | '''1'''–0 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''Matteo Berrettini''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime | align=left|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 7–5, [10–8] | '''2'''–0 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|RUS}} '''Andrey Rublev''' | {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman | align=left|4–6, 6–3, [11–9] | '''3'''–0 |- | Doubles | {{flagicon|ITA}} M Berrettini / {{flagicon|GER}} A Zverev | bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|USA}} '''J Isner''' / {{flagicon|CAN}} '''D Shapovalov''' | align=left|6–4, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, [1–10] | 3–'''1''' |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 2 | rowspan=4| 25 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GRE}} '''Stefanos Tsitsipas''' | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left|6–3, 6–4 | '''5'''–1 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|'''{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev''' | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left|7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, [10–5] | '''7'''–1 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|RUS}} '''Daniil Medvedev''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov | align=left|6–4, 6–0 | '''9'''–1 |- | Doubles | bgcolor=lightblue|'''{{flagicon|RUS}} A Rublev''' / '''{{flagicon|GRE}} S Tsitsipas''' | {{flagicon|USA}} J Isner / {{flagicon|AUS}} N Kyrgios | align=left| 6–7<sup>(8–10)</sup>, 6–3, [10–4] | '''11'''–1 |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 3 | rowspan=4| 26 Sep | Doubles | bgcolor=lightblue|'''{{flagicon|RUS}} A Rublev''' / '''{{flagicon|GER}} A Zverev''' | {{flagicon|USA}} R Opelka / {{flagicon|CAN}} D Shapovalov | align=left| 6–2, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, [10–3] | '''14'''–1 |- | rowspan=3| Singles | {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | {{flagicon|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime | rowspan=3 colspan=2| ''not played'' |- | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Medvedev | {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman |- | {{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner |}

==Player statistics==

{{mw-datatable}} {| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" |Player ! rowspan="2" width="40" |Team !rowspan=2|{{abbr|Nat.|Nationality}} !rowspan=2 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches !class="unsortable" colspan=3 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches win–loss !class="unsortable" colspan=3|Points win–loss |- !Singles !Doubles !width=60 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !Singles !Doubles !width=60|Total |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Félix|Auger-Aliassime}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Matteo|Berrettini}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|ITA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–1 |1–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|John|Isner}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–1 |1–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–2 |0–2 |1–2 |1–4 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Nick|Kyrgios}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–2 |0–2 |0–4 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Daniil|Medvedev}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|RUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1–0 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0 |2–0 |0–0 |2–0 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Reilly|Opelka}} | bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–1 |0–3 |0–4 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Andrey|Rublev}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align=center|{{flagicon|RUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–0 |2–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–0 |1–0 |5–0 |6–0 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Casper|Ruud}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align=center|{{flagicon|NOR}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1–0 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0 |1–0 |0–0 |1–0 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Diego|Schwartzman}} | bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align=center|{{flagicon|ARG}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Denis|Shapovalov}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–1 |1–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–2 |0–2 |1–3 |1–5 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Stefanos|Tsitsipas}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|GRE}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–0 |2–0 |2–0 |4–0 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Alexander|Zverev}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|GER}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–0 |1–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |2–0 |3–1 |5–1 |}

== Post-tournament exhibition doubles match == As only one match was required on Day 3 of the 2021 Laver Cup, an exhibition match was played following the trophy ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team Europe earns dominant victory at 2021 Laver Cup |url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-media---news/team-europe-earns-dominant-victory-at-2021-laver-cup.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.usta.com |language=en}}</ref> {| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center" ! Day ! width=60| Date ! Match type ! width=300| [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] Team Europe ! width=300| [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]] Team World ! Score |- | 3 | 26 Sep | Exhibition doubles | {{flagicon|RUS}} D Medvedev / {{flagicon|NOR}} C Ruud | bgcolor="ffd1dc"|'''{{flagicon|CAN}} F Auger-Aliassime''' / '''{{flagicon|ARG}} D Schwartzman''' | align=left|3–6, 3–6 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|lavercup.com}}

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